Pathological Psychology category: 903 books

The effects of fears and phobias can be devastating, causing people to completely avoid the situations that they fear most. At the extreme, fear can disable people's lives so much that it results in them becoming totally isolated to their own homes. Often fear can grow on fear, however, in this day...

An application of the philosophy of science to psychiatry Although it's been 140 years since Maudley's groundbreaking treatise, modern psychiatry is in a state of intellectual collapse. No psychiatrist practicing today can point to a universally agreed model of mental disorder which explains...

Das Buch "Zur Psychopathologie des Alltagslebens” gehört bis in die Gegenwart zu einem Grundlagenwerk der Psychoanalyse. Freud führt in seiner Studie seine Theorie aus, wonach ein Großteil alltäglicher Fehlleistungen, wie das Versprechen, Vergessen, Verschreiben, Vergreifen, Verlegen von...

Are you bipolar?If you know someone suffering from bipolar disorderif you want to know about itor if you are interested in buddhismFollow the journey of Arthuro Jobsquarefrom bipolar disorder to Buddha statefrom Paris to London via Montreala fantastic adventure, a snub to bipolar disorder.The description of the disease and the incredible journey of a man suffering from bipolar type 1.

Paranoid Personality Disorder is basically characterized by the tendency, persistent and unjustified, to perceive and interpret the intentions, words and behaviors of others as malicious, degrading or threatening: the world is experienced as hostile and always looked in the most varied contexts with distrust and suspicion, with the consequent and compulsory choice of a solitary lifestyle.

Finding a moment to sit down and share a few stories and some pictures with people you love is always fun. This book will help you and the one you love connect through short stories and photographs of experiences we all enjoy. Whether it be a Fourth of July picnic or a day of fishing, or even a mountain...

Liza Long is the mother of a child who has bipolar disorder. When she heard about the Newtown shooting, her first thought was, “What if my son does that someday?” She wrote an emotional response to the tragedy, which the Boise State University online journal published as “I Am Adam Lanza's Mother.”...

After decades of practice, psychotherapist Bryan C. Hazelton began expressing through poetry various moments he experienced in his profession. The result is a collection of verse filled with imagination and discernment, exploring psychotherapy in an innovative way. Poetic Moments in Psychotherapy...

WAKE UP BITCH AND FIX ME SOME CHICKEN is a humorous look at the patients and staff at a state-run mental health hospital. In his first book, John R. Booth chronicles stories of some of his most memorable patients during a career as a social worker. Whether divinely driven or by serendipitous happenstance,...

Out of the Nightmare. An all-out assault on the barriers that stand between you and recovery from depression and suicidal pain. decomposes recovery from depression into recovery from envy, shame, self-pity, grandiosity, fear, stigma, social abuse, and the double binds and vicious circles...

Ian Brady and Myra Hindley's spree of torture, sexual abuse, and murder of children in the 1960s was one of the most appalling series of crimes ever committed in England, and remains almost daily fixated upon by the tabloid press. In The Gates of Janus, Ian Brady himself allows us a glimpse into the...

El principal objetivo de Psicopatología. Riesgo y tratamiento de los problemas infantiles, es brindar apoyo a los estudiantes y profesionales de la psicología clínica, en algunos de los quehaceres fundamentales de la profesión que son el diagnóstico y la intervención. Este libro es el resultado...

The Merry-Go-Round of Sexual Abuse is a valuable guide to identifying, treating, and breaking the cycle of sexual abuse. Based on 30 years of professional experience in treating offenders and survivors of sexual assault and sexual molestation, Dr. Prendergast provides step-by-step guidelines and specialized...

Explore the connection between sexual victimization, addiction, and compulsive behaviors! This book demonstrates clearly what lengths survivors of sexual abuse will go to in attempting to avoid dealing with the pain resulting from their sexual abuse. Anyone who has been sexually abused is likely...